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POPSDoes Obama Really Want to Talk About Earmarks?
As Governor, Palin went on to veto $231 million worth of pork from the proposed state budget her first year in office. The next year, state legislators reinserted many of those same earmarks into the budget and asked the Governor to okay $58 billion to pay them. She vetoed them again. The Democrats are also trying to blame Palin for all of Alaska's earmarks, but only U.S. senators and members of Congress are responsible for snagging their pork. And as U.S. Senator Obama requested more than $740 million for his pet-projects in the last three years, including a $1 million earmark for the hospital his wife was working at and a $750,000 earmark to pay for the renovation of a space center named after top Obama donor James S. Crown's grandfather, Henry Crown. And since Obama is bringing it up, why doesn't he explain why he sought more than $3.4 million earmarks for his VP Joe Biden's lobbyist son, Hunter? I thought Obama detested lobbyists and those kind of cozy, Senate relationships.
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POPSNanomaterial cleans up flourescent bulbs Household energy saving bulbs are a concern because of the mercury they contain, and the number that are starting to be used today, but another example was the long fluorescent bulbs, which may not burn out or break too often, but are often shipped in bulk to recyclers after a renovation, or demolition. The compact fluorescent bulb use less mercury than incandescent bulbs running on electricity from coal, which releases mercury when burned. The mercury from the CFL bulbs can be recovered.
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POPSIndy area to snag 277 EnerDel jobs Green jobs are finally beginning to proliferate in Indiana as new manufacturing jobs. With our excess of shuttered manufacturing facilities throughout Indiana, we are poised to take advantage of our geographic location, our logistics support infrastructure, superior highways and roads and desirable workforce that could be used to manufacture the products of the green power revolution.
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POPSElderly Chinese Women Ordered into Re-Education After Protest Applications Are Ignored It is the toughest penalty to be reported against any of those who followed up a government announcement that it would allow protests in three Beijing parks during the August 8-24 Olympics. So far, the police said they have received 77 applications and none has been approved. On August 17, the two elderly women each received a document from the city authorities ordering them to serve one year of re-education through labour – an administrative punishment that does not require any judicial process – from July 30 this year to July 29, 2009 for “disturbing public order”. Li Xuehui, son of of Mrs Wu, said: ”Wang Xiuying is almost blind and crippled. What sort of re-education through labour can she serve? But they can also be taken away at any time.” The two women had remained at home but were under observation of a neighbourhood watch group, he said…
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POPSJennifer Hudson's Slim Chance If this is really a valid photograph, then good for her for losing weight -- but still a little disappointing, because she always seemed to advocate being curvy but healthy. If this is photo-shopped, as most people seem to suspect it is, then I hope to God that it was her agents or managers who made that decision, because if it was her, then I - and, I expect, the vast majority of her fans - will be incredibly disappointed in her lack of judgement.
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POPSDiscount Bathroom Cabinets When it comes to bathroom renovation thoughts, many people have all kinds of tactics for the respite of their bathroom but regularly don’t know what to do about the cabinets. Quite clearly, the bathroom cabinets can make or disregard your complete renovation shoot in a rush. Here are some tips and dreams on what to look for when choosing the right cabinets for your Discount Bathroom Cabinets.
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POPSMystery on Fifth Avenue This is such an strange tale. Imagine your architect designing a mystery into your walls and furniture for you to discover one day. It's long but worth it.
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POPSHousing TV -- Immune to Housing Crisis Ah, the golden days two years ago when a husband and wife who didn't know anything about home repair would buy a house, invite in the "Flip This House" camera crew, put in new linoleum, paint the walls, upgrade the bathroom fixtures (the realtors insisting that, this alone, raises the price of the home by $20-25,000), and sell the thing a few months later for a $125,000 in profit (if the new sink handles are fancy enough). Of course that doesn't work anymore. But happily, shows about home renovation are as popular as ever!
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